Latest California Healthline Stories
Signatures Submitted for Tobacco Tax Measure
Proponents of a tobacco tax initiative that would fund hospital emergency services and children’s health insurance submitted signatures to qualify the measure for the November ballot. Riverside Press-Enterprise/Oakland Tribune.
More Workers Decline Health Coverage
Fewer California workers are accepting employer-sponsored health insurance as the cost of premiums increases, according to a study. San Francisco Chronicle.
HHS Awards Contracts for Flu Vaccine Development
HHS awarded more than $1 billion in contracts to continue development of cell-based methods for manufacturing flu vaccines, a change in the way flu vaccine currently is produced. Wall Street Journal et al.
Restrictions on Ultrasound Equipment Approved
The Assembly approved legislation that would ban people other than licensed health practitioners from acquiring ultrasound machines. AP/Contra Costa Times et al.
Federal Investigation Finds Poor Care at State Hospitals
Patton and Atascadero state hospitals provide inadequate care to patients and will be added to a lawsuit and consent decree that names other state hospitals, according to a federal report. Los Angeles Times/San Francisco Chronicle.